
Teaching Children the Law of God
9.
What was the basis of the training to be given in the home?
Deut. 6:4-9.
NoTE.—"The law of God is to be kept before the minds of the children as
the great moral standard. When they rise up, and when they sit down, when
they go out, and when they come in, this law is to be taught them as the
great rule of life, and its principles are to be interwoven with all their expe-
rience. They are to be taught to be honest, truthful, temperate, economical,
and industrious, and to love God with the whole heart. This is bringing them
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. This is setting their feet in
the path of duty and
safety."—Testimonies, vol.
5, p. 329.
10.
What did the Lord say concerning Abraham's fidelity in
training his children and his household to keep the way of the
Lord? For what purpose was Abraham to do this? Gen. 18:19.
NoTE.—"Abraham's affection for his children and his household led him
to guard their religious faith, to impart to them a knowledge of the divine
statutes, as the most precious legacy he could transmit to them, and through
them to the world. All were taught that they were under the rule of the God
of heaven. There was to be no oppression on the part of parents, and no dis-
obedience on the part of children. God's law had appointed to each his duties,
and only in obedience to it could any secure happiness or prosperity.
"His own example, the silent influence of his daily life, was a constant
lesson. The unswerving integrity, the benevolence and unselfish courtesy,
which had won the admiration of kings, were displayed in the home. There
was a fragrance about the life, a nobility and loveliness of character, which
revealed to all that he was connected with
Heaven."—Patriarchs and Proph-
ets,
page 142.
11.
Where was Jesus' home through childhood and youth? How
did He develop? Luke 2:39, 40, 52.
NOTE.—Jesus developed "a perfect childhood, a faultless manhood, a holy
ministry, and an unblemished sacrifice."—The
Desire of Ages,
page 759.
"And every youth who follows Christ's example of faithfulness and obedi-
ence in His lowly home may claim those words spoken of Him by the Father
through the Holy Spirit, 'Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine Elect,
in whom My soul delighteth.'
"—The Desire of Ages,
page 74.
12.
What may every Christian home be? Matt. 5:14, 16.
NOTE.—"From every Christian home a holy light should shine forth. Love
should be revealed in action. It should flow out in all home intercourse, show-
ing itself in thoughtful kindness, in gentle, unselfish courtesy. There are
homes where this principle is carried out,—homes where God is worshiped,
and truest love reigns. From these homes, morning and evening prayer
ascends to God as sweet incense, and His mercies and blessings descend upon
the suppliants like the morning dew.
"A well-ordered Christian household is a powerful argument in favor of
the reality of the Christian religion,—an argument that the infidel cannot
gainsay. All can see that there is an influence at work in the family that af-
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